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Metro Elements – Amazing new financial charts for Windows Store apps

published 181 days, 13 hours, 14 minutes ago posted by

hilarycook 191 days, 12 hours, 20 minutes ago

Callum from Mindscape talks about the awesome chart controls available in the Metro Elements control suite for Win8 apps. Data display in your Windows Store apps will look professional and stunning. (more)

category: Metro | clicked: 59 | comment | | source: www.mindscapehq.com

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SQL SERVER – Case Sensitive Database and Database User – Fix: Error: 15151 – Cannot find the user , because it does not exist or you do not have permission.

published 479 days, 13 hours, 32 minutes ago posted by

pinaldave 488 days, 18 hours, 22 minutes ago

« SQL SERVER – Solution Part 2 – A Quick Puzzle on JOIN and NULL – SQL Brain Teaser SQL SERVER – Case Sensitive Database and Database User – Fix: Error: 15151 – Cannot find the user , because it does not exist or you do not have permission. February 18, 2012 by pinaldave | Edit Jeff asked me another question! If you do not know Jeff, you may read the following blog posts. You will get the idea of Jeff’s personality and who Jeff really is. SQL SERVER – Installation Log Summary File Location – 2012 – 2... (more)

category: Data | clicked: 20 | comment | | source: blog.sqlauthority.com

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SQL SERVER – Disable Guest Account – Serious Security Issue « SQL Server Journey with SQL Authority

published 479 days, 13 hours, 32 minutes ago posted by

pinaldave 486 days, 18 hours, 32 minutes ago

“No Guests PLEASE!” “Doesn’t your Indian tradition suggests to welcome guests and treat them best.” “Yes, but I am talking about Guest user in SQL Server.” “Oh!” Though this conversation has happened couple of years ago this is real conversation. I welcome guests as much as any other Indian does however, I am very strong opinionated about guest user in SQL Server. I like to keep them disabled unless there is no special need of it. If there is some persistent need of guest user I suggest to create sep... (more)

category: Data | clicked: 4 | comment | | source: blog.sqlauthority.com

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Caliburn Micro: More About Events and Parameters (part 3)

published 507 days, 14 hours, 37 minutes ago posted by

traskjd 512 days, 20 hours, 57 minutes ago

Caliburn Micro is a fantastic MVVM framework for XAML developers (WPF, Silverlight, WP7) and in this post more advanced eventing with parameters is discussed. This is the third post in a series (older posts linked to in the article) but it is designed for developers who may not have worked with Caliburn Micro in the past. You'll discover how easy it is to get started and what power Caliburn Micro provides to XAML developers. (more)

category: Architecture | clicked: 83 | comment | | source: www.mindscapehq.com

tags: Silverlight, WP7, Caliburn Micro, WPF, XAML, Mindscape

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Getting started with the Caliburn Micro MVVM framework

published 522 days, 11 hours, 25 minutes ago posted by

traskjd 524 days, 21 hours, 1 minute ago

This post explores getting up and running with Caliburn Micro at the core of your application for managing MVVM plumbing code. This series will walk through step by step showing developers what code is required, what conventions exist and how to make the most of Caliburn Micro to build better applications. (more)

category: Architecture | clicked: 53 | comment | | source: www.mindscapehq.com

tags: Silverlight, WP7, Caliburn Micro, WPF, Mindscape

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WPF MVVM Dashboard Sample

published 527 days, 2 hours, 54 minutes ago posted by

traskjd 527 days, 22 hours, 55 minutes ago

Mindscape have released a new WPF sample as part of WPF Elements which shows how to build a beautiful, highly interactive and super responsive dashboard when working with Caliburn Micro and WPF Elements. The sample includes how to do data drill down, user friendly date selection and much more. (more)

category: UX | clicked: 103 | comment | | source: www.mindscapehq.com

tags: dashboard, Caliburn Micro, WPF, Caliburn, XAML, controls, Mindscape

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Creating classes at runtime in .NET

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traskjd 561 days, 1 hour, 55 minutes ago

This post explores creating whole new types at runtime as well as answering the question of why you may want to do this. Learn about some of the secret sauce being used by popular frameworks! (more)

category: How To | clicked: 5 | comment | | source: www.mindscapehq.com

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tags: Code Generation, runtime, Secret Sauce, Types, Mindscape

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Reflection, performance and runtime code generation

published 566 days, 9 hours, 9 minutes ago posted by

traskjd 570 days, 20 hours, 36 minutes ago

Most .NET developers know about the power of working with Reflection, but when performance becomes an issue what can we do? This post examines the performance benefits of using runtime code generation while noting some of the limitations. This post will give you everything you need to know about choosing between different techniques and when it's right to choose one over the others. (more)

category: How To | clicked: 26 | 1 comment | | source: www.mindscapehq.com

tags: Expression Tree, Code Generation, Reflection, CSharp, Mindscape

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Web Workbench 2.0 – Faster, Minification and Pro

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traskjd 618 days, 19 hours, 9 minutes ago

Version 2 of the Mindscape Web Workbench has shipped and it includes a bunch of new improvements! Version 2 includes the super speedy Google V8 JavaScript engine to make dealing with large CoffeeScript files much easier, improvements to intellisense and new pro options such as minification and less compilation. Add this tool to your Visual Studio 2010 toolbox to start coding websites with ninja tools! (more)

category: Architecture | clicked: 5 | comment | | source: www.mindscapehq.com

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tags: Less, Extension Manager, Sass, VS2010, CoffeeScript, Mindscape

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LightSpeed 4.0 .NET ORM Released!

published 717 days, 15 hours, 5 minutes ago posted by

traskjd 721 days, 14 hours, 10 minutes ago

The LightSpeed 4.0 ORM has been released and features distributed application support so you can work transparently with entities across a network, and Web enhancements that simplify development and encapsulate best practices in ASP.NET Web Forms and MVC. A huge new user guide and entirely new samples, packed with guidance not just on how to use LightSpeed but also on the best way to work with it in different environments. There is also a new metadata API, auditing capabilities and much much more. (more)

category: Architecture | clicked: 46 | comment | | source: www.mindscapehq.com

tags: LightSpeed, WCF, Linq, ORM, Mindscape

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Creating custom node styles for WPF Diagrams

published 749 days, 17 hours, 28 minutes ago posted by

traskjd 750 days, 19 hours, 42 minutes ago

This article discusses how developer can use the Mindscape WPF Diagrams product to create an custom diagram with custom node types. Customizing node types can mean creating normal diagram nodes, but it could be that developers want to build any type of composed surface - a Visual Studio style window designer, visual DSL tools, and anything else you can imagine. This article gets users started on the road to customization. (more)

category: UX | clicked: 15 | comment | | source: www.mindscapehq.com

tags: visual, Diagram, WPF, Mindscape

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Mindscape giving away 1000 licenses of WP7 Controls

published 826 days, 23 hours, 36 minutes ago posted by

traskjd 830 days, 1 hour, 15 minutes ago

To celebrate the launch of their WP7 control suite Mindscape are giving away $300k worth of licenses to developers for free. Included in the suite is 20 controls to make WP7 development easier: A high performance and diverse charting library, looping list boxes, color selectors, date & time pickers, gauge and a gesture library are all included. Be quick! (more)

category: Architecture | clicked: 1 | 1 comment | | source: www.mindscapehq.com

tags: Windows Phone 7, WP7, phone, Windows Phone 7 Development Tools, Mindscape

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Mindscape releases WP7 Control Suite

published 837 days, 19 minutes ago posted by

traskjd 840 days, 17 hours, 53 minutes ago

Mindscape have released an extensive control suite for Windows Phone 7 developers. Included is a high performance charting suite of 14 chart types along with standard controls such as time pickers, date pickers, color pickers and much more. This post announces the release and provides a giveaway to get a free license. (more)

category: UX | clicked: 1 | comment | | source: www.mindscapehq.com

tags: Windows Phone 7, WP7, Windows Phone, Charts, Mindscape

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Intro to F#: First-class functions in F#, part 0

published 846 days, 25 minutes ago posted by

traskjd 847 days, 22 hours, 56 minutes ago

Have you started looking at F# yet now that it ships with Visual Studio 2010? This post takes a look at the fundamental differences between functions in F# and how delegates work in C#/VB. By the end of this post you'll see why functions are first class in F# and are not in C#/VB and be on your way to better understanding F#. (more)

category: How To | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: www.mindscapehq.com

tags: functions, F#, Mindscape

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Mindscape releases Free WPF Controls

published 854 days, 23 hours, 58 minutes ago posted by

traskjd 855 days, 10 hours, 54 minutes ago

Mindscape have released a set of WPF controls that are completely free for developers to work with: WPF Coverflow control for beautiful data presentation. WPF Autocomplete Textbox for slick user interaction and the WPF Prompt Decorator to really make user interaction crystal clear. These controls can be distributed royalty free and fully supported by Mindscape. (more)

category: UX | clicked: 7 | 1 comment | | source: www.mindscapehq.com

tags: WPF, Coverflow, Autocomplete, Free, Mindscape

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Mindscape releases Free Silverlight controls

published 868 days, 1 hour, 59 minutes ago posted by

traskjd 869 days, 17 hours, 9 minutes ago

Mindscape has released three Silverlight controls free of charge for developers to work with! The Book control which allows for beautifully animated page turning, virtualized pages, pagination and custom content. Their Coveflow control for representing visual data in an elegant manner for end users and their Expander control for making it easier to free up valuable UI space by collapsing elements away. This post digs into the controls more and gives a link to download them now. (more)

category: Architecture | clicked: 3 | 1 comment | | source: www.mindscapehq.com

tags: Silverlight, Book, Coverflow, Expander, Free, controls, Mindscape

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Efficient entity data loading with named aggregates

published 881 days, 11 hours, 52 minutes ago posted by

traskjd 882 days, 19 hours, 19 minutes ago

Controlling when and how much data is loaded is something developers have to keep in mind when building any modern data driven application. This blog post looks at an advanced feature in LightSpeed that helps hand the power back to developers: named aggregates. Dive deep into how you can make your applications blazingly fast! (more)

category: Architecture | clicked: 3 | comment | | source: www.mindscapehq.com

tags: Named Aggregates, LightSpeed, Linq, Mindscape

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Mindscape releases LightSpeed 4 beta

published 888 days, 10 hours, 55 minutes ago posted by

traskjd 890 days, 20 hours, 32 minutes ago

Mindscape has release LightSpeed 4 beta for customers to start testing with. The big improvements in LightSpeed 4 focus on improving distributed solutions and allowing LightSpeed to make working with large scale distributed solutions easier. Along with the core distributed entities improvements, support for RIA Services, DTO improvements and many other new features will be making their way out to customers as part of the nightly builds for LightSpeed 4 Beta over the coming weeks. (more)

category: Architecture | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: www.mindscapehq.com

tags: RIA Services, Beta, LightSpeed, Linq, Mindscape

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Mindscape's free developer book promotion is now on

published 951 days, 14 hours, 34 minutes ago posted by

traskjd 952 days, 20 hours, 14 minutes ago

Mindscape are offering free books with purchases until the 23rd of November - primarily UX and Silverlight books to celebrate the release of their Silverlight Elements 2.0 control suite. (more)

category: Metro | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: www.mindscape.co.nz

tags: Silverlight, books, Mindscape

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Charts, books and free controls - Mindscape Silverlight Elements 2.0

published 953 days, 7 hours, 39 minutes ago posted by

traskjd 954 days, 18 hours, 59 minutes ago

Mindscape have upgraded Silverlight Elements with a stunning charting library for line of business applications. A unique feature of the charting library is its special support for huge data sets. The suite contains over 30 controls including three new controls that have been released free. Plus, for a limited time, all new customers get a free copy of "Silverlight 4.0 Unleashed"! (more)

category: Metro | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: www.mindscape.co.nz

tags: Silverlight, Charting, Book, Free, Mindscape

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Metro Elements – Amazing new financial charts for Windows Store apps

SQL SERVER – Case Sensitive Database and Database User – Fix: Error: 15151 – Cannot find the user , because it does not exist or you do not have permission.

SQL SERVER – Disable Guest Account – Serious Security Issue « SQL Server Journey with SQL Authority

Caliburn Micro: More About Events and Parameters (part 3)

Getting started with the Caliburn Micro MVVM framework

WPF MVVM Dashboard Sample

Creating classes at runtime in .NET

Reflection, performance and runtime code generation

Web Workbench 2.0 – Faster, Minification and Pro

LightSpeed 4.0 .NET ORM Released!

Creating custom node styles for WPF Diagrams

Mindscape giving away 1000 licenses of WP7 Controls

Mindscape releases WP7 Control Suite

Intro to F#: First-class functions in F#, part 0

Mindscape releases Free WPF Controls

Mindscape releases Free Silverlight controls

Efficient entity data loading with named aggregates

Mindscape releases LightSpeed 4 beta

Mindscape's free developer book promotion is now on

Charts, books and free controls - Mindscape Silverlight Elements 2.0

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